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Assembly Bill A7661

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the retention of court records pertaining to violent felonies

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2025-A7661 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Criminal Procedure Law
Laws Affected:
Add §180.86, CP L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A10283
2023-2024: A4196

2025-A7661 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Direct the chief administrator of the courts to retain indefinitely all court records pertaining to violent felony convictions.

2025-A7661 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7661
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 4, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to retention  of
   court records pertaining to violent felonies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The criminal procedure law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 180.86 to read as follows:
 § 180.86 RETENTION OF COURT RECORDS PERTAINING TO VIOLENT FELONIES.
   THE  CHIEF  ADMINISTRATOR OF THE COURTS SHALL PROMULGATE SCHEDULES FOR
 THE RETENTION AND DISPOSITION OF COURT  RECORDS  PERTAINING  TO  PERSONS
 CONVICTED OF VIOLENT FELONIES. THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR SHALL DIRECT THAT
 ALL SUCH RECORDS PERTAINING TO VIOLENT FELONY CONVICTIONS BE EXEMPT FROM
 DISPOSITION OR EXPUNGEMENT AND SHALL BE RETAINED INDEFINITELY.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04141-01-5

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